CHIEF, CHIEF EDEN TO BE FIRED. ALL RIGHT, AND ACTION 7 NEWS CAUGHT UP WITH MAYOR BERRY. HE SAYS HE HAS BEEN TRACKING THE SITUATION SINCE ABOUT 3:00 AND MET WITH REPORTERS AROUND 9:00. HE SAYS HE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS BUT WISH IT HAD GONE OFF DEF DIFFERENTLY. HE SAYS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDLED IT TODAY VERY WELL. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DE-ESCALATING THE SITUATION. AND WE HAVE HAD PROTESTORS WHO WANTED TO ESCALATE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND WE HAD ONE OFFICER WHO WAS INJURED. I TALKED TO ONE YOUNG OFFICER WHO TOLD ME HE HAD A ROCK THROWN THAT HIT HIM IN THE BACK AND SO THE PROFESSIONAL THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE SHOWING IS EXTRAORDINARY, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PROTEST. THEY HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO DO THAT BUT WHAT WE HEAR TO HAVE ON OUR HANDS IS A SMALL GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD RATHER PUT THEMSELVES AND THE PUBLIC IN DANGER OVER PROTESTING. HE SAYS SIX GROUPS ARE